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EU demands: Exception for affordable housing

Sweden's non-profit housing model must be exempt from the EU's state aid rules, believes former Housing Minister Johan Danielsson (S). We have a housing shortage that makes ordinary people priced out of our major cities.

» Published: 21 October 2024

EU demands: Exception for affordable housing
Photo: Caisa Rasmussen/TT

In the incoming EU Commission, there is for the first time a member with special responsibility for housing issues. Then Danielsson thinks it's time to act to get an exception that opens up for state aid.

The Swedish government is hiding behind EU rules to avoid acting against the housing crisis. And these are the same EU rules that are used to force municipalities to play venture capitalists with their public housing companies, says the former housing minister, who has been a member of the EU Parliament again since last summer.

Reviewing state aid rules is included in the instructions given by EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to Danish Dan Jørgensen, who has been nominated for the post of energy and housing commissioner.

The fact that it is explicitly stated in Jørgensen's letter of appointment means that we now have an opportunity to address our specific Swedish problems. But it won't happen by itself. Here, we must be active. I also expect the government to be active, says Danielsson to TT.

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